Her Collateral Bride: A Lesbian Age Gap Romance

happy. She’d been married to a man she didn’t and couldn’t

love. She’d been hiding who she was from her family. The one

joy in her life had been cooking, and that was heading for a

big, messy collision.

Now, she had the world. She had Haley, Jean, Jenny and her

family, Snake and Amy, their beautiful girls, Robert as a friend

again, and a brand-new business venture they were all

embarking on together, in a round about way, just like they’d

done most of life together, attached to each other by strings

that would never snap or sever again.

“I love you,” Haley said again as Claire started the SUV and

put it in drive. Her fingers threaded through Claire’s, and she

hung on tight.

“I love you.” Claire paused, pressing the brakes and shifting

back into park, then she turned around and looked into the

backseat at the children who made them a family. “I love all of

you so very much.”

THE END